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General Discussion / Re: Hex / Reg for renters

« on: October 08, 2015, 06:08:46 pm »

Lee you said   Longer cables, may be OK, we probably have to do some testing, the issue is cable quality, and this comes down to wire gauge versus length, the JuiceBitz cables seem pretty good, but I have not tried the cables greater than 50cm, possibly Others could chip in here ?

I am chipping in to say I have both a 50 cm and a 2 metre JuiceBitz power cable with identical specs and they both work fine hooked up to an iPad charger.

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General Discussion / Re: Help for PilotAware Virgin

« on: September 24, 2015, 03:53:58 pm »

Another day dawns and all the frustrations, because I couldn't see airliners on PilotAware, have been lifted.
I now can see aircraft operating at Manchester and I am to the East of Leeds.
No longer a PilotAware Virgin!
This was achieved not by me but the superb and cool headed advice I received from Lee.
In the end it was as simple as the power lead not having the capacity to deliver the Oooomph!
(Recommend JuicEbitz on eBay as a power lead supplier ( they can provide the 2.1 spec shown in Lee's analysis on power cables here on the Blog))
A Big Thank You to Lee who has done more than one could reasonable expect, and swiftly
R

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General Discussion / Re: Help for PilotAware Virgin

« on: September 20, 2015, 09:25:00 pm »

No not really I just typed the blog from memory.
 I actually  was  copying the web address from the PilotAware Construction Manual. R

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General Discussion / Re: Help for PilotAware Virgin

« on: September 20, 2015, 04:49:38 pm »

I ran the experiment that you suggested but unfortunately I was unable to give you a screen shot from the 196.168.1.1 site. Sorry
The reason was that having to use a Hotspot on my phone I decided to make a Bluetooth connection as I thought it was best to leave the WiFi connection on PilotAware but could not make contact.
However I thought I would do a couple of experiments and report what the Tv showed in case you get some more insight from it.
The first was to switch on the Garmin Glo before anything else then go through the normal start procedure.
It all lit up and looked as if it was ready for work, but, of course we don't know if it is going to "pick up airliners"
Glo ON


I then switched the Glo OFF and stated every thing from a new start.
This time the Sky Demon showed the map but with a band "Selecting GPS Satellites" but it didnt. I left the RasPi running then switched off the Sky Demon and then switched it back and the Glo on also.
Everything looked ready to go but again we don't know if it will see in the sky?!
Perhaps I should go and fly again
Glo OFF

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General Discussion / Re: Help for PilotAware Virgin

« on: September 20, 2015, 11:54:55 am »

I have a non phone iPad so use a Garmin Glo .
Shall I try upgraing the iPad to ios 9.0 (as it would be my next move if all was working well.......... or stay with it for the moment??
Thx
R

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General Discussion / Re: Help for PilotAware Virgin

« on: September 20, 2015, 08:53:06 am »

Thank you for the new release Lee.
The reboot was without the previous waning and fail message(s).
There was the Kernel lacking groups warning however I did get SDR USB Error Connect ......57600 baud
The WiFi link was made and  selected Flamm on the Sky Demon
Then got:
Connect to Sky Demon
Attempting Connection
Error Connect()

Then saw
NAC TCP:Pin 6000
Msg $PLACA,S,NMEA OUT 61*69

I had a several attempts to connect Sky Demon ,all of which failed.   I checkedthat both WiFi & Collision Aware were still sound.
Does that lead you to a solution?
Looking forward to your view. R

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General Discussion / Re: Help for PilotAware Virgin

« on: September 19, 2015, 03:47:07 pm »

I just need to be sure what you mean by" Get this latest upload"?
Are you suggesting I send you the screen pics I have from the  booting exercise I reported on?
Thx
R

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General Discussion / Re: Help for PilotAware Virgin

« on: September 19, 2015, 12:04:14 pm »

Just reporting in after 45 mins flying around, under West Yorkshire controlled air space, and seeing a number of airliners.
I am afraid there was no sign of them on my iPad not a Scooby-do!
So as not to change parameters as we go I have NOT upgrade my Ipad to ios9.0
I have NOT adopted the upgrade to P upgrade issued a week ago.
SkyDemon said it was using Collision Aware (in the blue)
The Wi Fi didn't drop out
There were no failures of the Sky Demon screen.
It ran for the whole time I was flying

Where do we go from here ?
Am I doing something wrong?
Which elements would stop me seeing airliner outputs ,or stop the images being created if they were being identified?

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General Discussion / Re: Help for PilotAware Virgin

« on: September 18, 2015, 10:28:44 pm »

I have to say I don't understand the implication of "These error messages are fixed but only in an internal build"??
I have had all the dongles fitted as well as antennas when I have done each test
You ask " is your system working now " and I wonder why as nothing has changed since I tested it at Leeds yesterday or am I missing something?
There is virtually no regular or reliable transmitting traffic within 15 miles or more of us to test reliably.
Are there any other checks I can do to check ,say for example, the ADS-B dongle  is functioning?
Think I will take it up in the sky tomorrow for the first time but with a low expectation based on the Leeds test and will report back

I wonder about the ADS-B Dongle as I have seen the bragging rites on the blog about some Dongles!
I bought mine from Ali Express, described as : Mini USB-T USB 3.0 SDR & DVB-T receiver RTL2823U +R802 Tuner Black

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General Discussion / Re: Help for PilotAware Virgin

« on: September 18, 2015, 10:54:13 am »

Lee, have now booted the system as normal and taken a video of the result ( which I am happy to email to you if you wish)
The unusual reports, some of which you have said were just an annoyance are included

 /usr/local/bin/mount_unionfs called with var-o rw .......etc.
fail

FAIL Startpar:service(s) returned failure: check root boot....    clean sh...failed?

warn Kernel lacks c groups or memory controller not available.

I was able to select Pilot Aware WiFi, also Pi3 Flamm and showed my position too so it appeared as I would expect it to.

Hope that helps
R

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General Discussion / Re: Help for PilotAware Virgin

« on: September 17, 2015, 05:57:02 pm »

The traffic filters were certainly set +40000 ft, The aircraft were about 200metres away as they took off and we saw them climb out to beyond 5000 + ft altitude.
I will try your suggest of a boot up with the TV connected.
Thanks

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General Discussion / Re: Help for PilotAware Virgin

« on: September 17, 2015, 03:28:27 pm »

Having got the unit completed I needed to test it, so this afternoon sat under the take-off flight path of Leeds Bradford.

Total disappointment. No other little yellow plane silhouettes on the iPad ( running Sky Demon with Garmin Glo)

No problems with Wi Fi or Flamm connection etc
In the blue line at the top pf the screen it said it was using the services, or words to that effect
I am not using either of the new Upgrade, just the original version
The power was via the car's 12volt outlet / USB fitting. Could see lights on in the R-Pi Case
I wonder about the ADS-B Dongle as I have seen the bragging rites on the blog about some Dongles!
I bought mine from Ali Express, described as : Mini USB-T USB 3.0 SDR & DVB-T receiver RTL2823U +R802 Tuner Black


What do you think needs checking and in what order of likely cause??
Please

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General Discussion / Re: Switching On and OFF Is there an ideal sequence

« on: September 14, 2015, 10:26:10 am »

How do we manage to adopt your trick Lee
 
" very neat trick where I boot the disk in a read only mode"

Please??

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General Discussion / Switching On and OFF Is there an ideal sequence

« on: September 13, 2015, 06:00:28 pm »

When we have a unit working and connected to the TV It comes to a time when it has to be disconnected, and when we get into a plane running again.
Is there a ideal or correct was to switch all the various bits of kit and software on and off??

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General Discussion / Re: Help for PilotAware Virgin

« on: September 11, 2015, 07:33:20 pm »

Hurrah!!
Thanks for that advice. I now know Diagole regulator provides the 3.3Volts

I have now done the Test Prior to Assembly (6.2) and  had the various lights come on.
The blue light on the ARF board came on and then off...... hope that is normal??

When it comes to assembling and soldering the pins on both the Diagloe and ARF you warned about the need to set them up properly.
You may be interested to know the method I used which was both easy and successful, which  was to dry assemble the two boards with the pins in their correct places and then held them tightly together with a tight rubber band.
This made for a easy soldering and easy handling and the board to board fit was perfect..........just tyring to put something back after all the help!